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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Heschel points out that having a friendship with God doesn't mean what?

2. According to some scholars, the goal should not be pathos but what?

3. Who declared ecstasy to be a definitive mark of a prophet?

4. Some writers in the Bible say that emotions and feelings have been inspired by whom?

5. The nature of man's response to divine reality corresponds to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ecstasy?

2. How does Heschel explain the beliefs that the prophets were frauds?

3. What is one difference between apathy and pathos, as explained by Heschel?

4. What is anthropopathy?

5. What was Spinoza's idea about the prophets and does Heschel agree?

6. What does Heschel say gives the prophets the courage to speak out?

7. Why does Heschel call indifference evil?

8. Why does Heschel think it is hard for people to understand the wrath of God?

9. What is Democritus's view of poets and divine inspiration?

10. Describe one view of ecstasy and prophets that Heschel describes.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss prophetic inspiration. What is it? Compare/contrast at least three different explanations/definitions, including Heschel's. Which explanation do you agree with and why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss nonfiction. Distinguish it from fiction. In your discussion include genres of nonfiction, their purposes, what types were used in this book, were they used well, etc.

Essay Topic 3

How does Heschel explain God's wrath? How does he answer the objection of those who find it hard to understand how a righteous God can be angry? Is there a difference between anger and wrath, in terms of humans, and/or in terms of God? Should humans look at natural disasters as the wrath of God or as the power of God?

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